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Tsitsipas caps week of Gstaad battles with first title in 16 months

Stefanos Tsitsipas is back to title-winning business.

The former No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings on Sunday clinched his first ATP Tour crown for nearly 17 months with a hard-earned triumph at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad. Tsitsipas held off Raphael Collignon 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3 for his fourth three-set victory of the week — and with it the trophy — at the clay ATP 250 event.

“It’s a crazy feeling right now,” Tsitsipas said after winning his first tour-level title since Dubai in March 2025. “I survived a marathon and it was a long week. I played some crazy matches in the past couple of days… Every single match felt like It was never finished and somehow I managed to convert every single time and get the victory.

“Today I couldn’t be more blessed, couldn’t be more happy. It’s been an incredible effort from my side to go out there and do that over and over again. I’ve dealt with some pain in the past couple of days. So I’ve had to withstand a lot of different things. The result was obviously the best thing I would have imagined at the beginning of the week.”

Competing as the World No. 85 after a difficult 12 months during which he has struggled to rediscover his best form, Tsitsipas converted five of 13 break points he earned against Collignon, according to Infosys ATP Stats. The 27-year-old Greek responded superbly to the disappointment of losing the second-set tie-break, breaking his opponent’s serve twice in the decider to complete a two-hour, 17-minute championship-match win.

As a result of his Gstaad title run, Tsitsipas will on Monday rise 30 spots to No. 55 in the PIF ATP Rankings. The 27-year-old is the first Greek to win at the tournament in the Swiss Alps, and he revealed his reward will be a more relaxed week ahead of the North American hard-court swing.

“I’m going back home. I will need one or two days off. It’s been a long week,” Tsitsipas, now a 13-time tour-level champion, said. “It’s been a lot of crazy matches and I need some recovery and some rest in order to be ready for the American swing. I’m looking forward to trying to do the best possible results in the U.S. swing and in order to do that I’ll need to be fresh and prepared for a long few weeks on the road.”

Despite missing out on the title, Collignon can reflect on a breakthrough week in Switzerland, where he reached his first ATP Tour championship match. The 24-year-old Belgian will on Monday rise five spots to a career-high World No. 37.